Problem I had with the netbook was the keyboard.. too small. I had to position my hand in a awkward way and it was uncomfortable.
Gave it to my wife two weeks after I bought it. She likes it. -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 12:43 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Electronic devices I looked at some of the Netbooks yesterday. They just seem like old tech to me for some reason. Most of the coding I do these days is done on my desktop, but occasionally a bug will surface when I'm away from home and it would be nice to be able to code and upload a quick fix. Guess I could get an iPad and write my own app to use for coding. On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think you are going to have a reasonably hard time replacing a > laptop if you plan to do coding work. Most the the tablets are okay > for 90% of what you may need, but in my opinion, coding is not one of > them. > > You might consider getting one of the very small form factor laptops > or a netbook. Sony has an 11 inch model of the Vaio that claims to be > 1.6 lbs. > > I think you are still going to need a "big thing" for work and a > "small thing" for making phone calls. I think pairing a phone that > shares wifi with a smallish laptop would be a good set of > complimentary (and lightweight) tech to hav ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:329242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
